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Filed April 5. 1922 WITNESSES INVENTOR Ffwu Gal'lfi-sozo.

A TTORNEYS Patented July '10, 1923,

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I Application filed a rii 5,

T 0 all whom it m conceht:

Be it knownthat I, FRANK GARmsom' a citizen of the'Uriited' States, and a'resident of Jerome, in th'e "county of Lincoln and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates in general to tools such as pliers, pinchers' or the like, and the object of the invention is to provide a tool of this character. which embodies foldable handle members whereby the'tool when not in use may be folded up into a compact article capabl of being carried around in the pocket without discomfort and inconvenience and which at the same time when not folded but arranged in operativeposition is susceptible of effective use, the organization being-such that the capacity of th tool to carry out its normal functions are in nowise impaired by its foldable qualities.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain-novel features of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts which. will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly point ed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing. the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a. plan view, showing the parts in folded position;

Figure 3 is an end view of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section, and showing in dotted and in dot and dash lines the parts in va rious positions. 7

Referring to th drawings wherein for the sake of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 designates the jaws of the pliers or pinchers or the like, which are integrally formed with the handle members, designated at 11, the handl members being crossed and pivotally connected, as indicated at 12. The handle members 11- are of identical construction although oppositely arranged and each handle member 11 includes a pair of sections, designated at 13 and '14, the section 13 being integral with its jaw 10 and the section 14 being pivotally connected to the section 13 by means of a FRANK GARRISON, or EROME, IDAHO.

1922] Serial No. 549,925.

hinge joint 15. The hinge joint 15' permits the folding of the section 14 back onpthe se'ction'13 andeach section13' is provided of its section 14'is'snu gly fitted in the folded position. In the extended'or operative pesitions of the sections ofthefhandle the parts are positioned as shown in 1111 lines in Figure 4 and in such position the coacting shoulders ofthe hinge joint 15 which are formed on the sections 13 and 14 respectively and which are designated at .17 and 18 respectively are engaged to take up the strain and thus endow the tool with a capacity to grip the work or object to be operated on with the desired force. Each section 14 carries a blade spring 19 which is received in the cavity 20 provided therefor on the inner face of the section 14. One end of the blade spring is secured, as at 21, to its section 14 and the other end extends over the hinge joint 15 and is provided with an inturned shoulder or lug 22. The sections 13 of the handle members are provided with sockets 23 adjacent the hinge joints and on the inner side of the sections and these sockets are adapted to receive the lugs or shoulders 22 in the operative position of the handles so as toprevent accidental folding of the sections of the handle. Opposite the sockets 17 the ears of the hinge joint 15 are also provided with similar sockets or depressions 24 into which the shoulders or lugs 22 are spring pressed in the folded position of the handlesto prevent accidental displacement. Adjacent the lug 22 thereof the spring 19 projects or is disposed above the adjacent parts so that it may be readily grasped by the fingers and flexed to disengage the lug 22 from either the sockets 23' or 24 and thus permit of folding or of unfolding of the handle members.

The tool thus constituted possesses all of the capacities and advantages of a tool hav .ing one piec and integral handle and at the same time it can be folded to provide a compact tool which may be conveniently carried around in the pocket or may be conveniently stored in a compact space. I claim:

1. A tool having jaws and pivotally connected handle members carrying said jaws,-

each handle being made up of a pair of pivotally connected xiii log one at the s c iens having a concaved face against Which the other section is adapted to be snugly fitted in the folded position.

2. A tool having jaws and pivotally con nected handle members carrying said jaws,

each handle being vmade up of a pair of piv-- otally connected sections, one of the sections,

having a concaved face against Which the other section is adapted to be snugly fittedin the folded position, and releasable means for holding the" sections in folded or unfolded position.

3; Ina tool of the character described, a

pair'of pivotally connected handle members,

each pair being made up of a pair of pivotally connected sections, and a spring canried by one of the sections and cooperating with the other section for releasably holding th sections in foldedor Unfolded position.

being provided With an angularly extended lug, said hinge joint and the-other section being provided With sockets into Whichthelug is adapted to be: removablyreceived FRANK GARRISON. Witnesses:

W. T. SUMMERS; HENRY M; HALL,v 

